Matthew 2:1-12; Combined Epiphany Service; Rev. Liz Garrigan-Byerly Grace and peace to you, Framingham neighbors and siblings in Christ. It is an honor to bring you greetings from the Southern New England Conference of the United Church of Christ, from our new Executive Conference Minister, Rev. Darrell Goodwin and from the Board of Directors of […]
Gifts that Give Goes Virtual
Our Gifts that Give event is a cherished tradition that helps us live our values of community, connection and justice. Like everything else this year, it needs to adapt. The Board of Wider Mission is creating three ways to do that. We’ll release a list of nonprofits and businesses where you can buy fair trade items or […]
Stewardship 2020
We Need Your Smiling Faces!For Stewardship this year, we are putting together some videos and we need your help! Please print one of these pages (1st is for a single person, 2nd is for a group or family) and take a picture of yourself/family holding it. Please send pictures to Liz at garriganbyerly@gmail.com. If you aren’t […]
10 Years Later…
A Devotion by Liz Garrigan-Byerly Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it. Proverbs 22:6 Tenth grade was a tough year for me. I was going through a lot personally and to protect myself, I wore an armor of sarcasm and self-sufficiency […]
Journey of Learning
A Lenten Devotion by Liz Garrigan-Byerly They put him to death by hanging him on a tree. Acts 10:39 This April, I was planning to go on a pilgrimage to Montgomery, Alabama, where we were to spend a whole day at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, also known as the “lynching museum.” In […]
God’s Grove
A Lenten Devotion by Liz Garrigan-Byerly God’s faithfulness is to all generations. Psalm 119:90 A few weeks ago I met an older man, Don, who, when he learned that I was a UCC pastor, asked if I knew Horace Seldon. When I said “no,” he was a little incredulous; it would be like an Edwards […]
Things That Connect Us
A Lenten Devotion by Ruth Garrigan-Byerly God is your keeper; God is your shade at your right hand. The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night. Psalm 121:5-6 Church is like a tree because we are like the leaves and the branches are like the things that connect us and […]
Chosen
Isaiah 49:1-7; 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 “The Lord called me before I was born, while I was in my mother’s womb he named me…to be my servant…to bring Jacob back to me…to be a light to the nations.” “I, Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ…” “You are my son, my beloved, in whom I am well pleased.” […]
Starter
Rev. Liz Garrigan-Byerly 1 Kings 17:7-16; Matthew 13:33 Good morning and thank you for inviting me into your pulpit this morning. My family began worshipping with you this summer and we are grateful for your warm and gentle welcome. After 10 years of parish ministry, I’m learning how to be a congregant, and you’ve made […]